Capitão Surname
Approximately 12,914 people bear this surname
Capitão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 12,423 | 1:2,173 | 376 |
| Portugal | 453 | 1:22,998 | 1,555 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Capitão (1,505) may also be a first name.
Capitão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitão Come From? nationality or country of origin
Capitão is most common in Angola. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitão? popularity and diffusion
The surname Capitão is the 40,564th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 564,314 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Capitão reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Capitão is also the 200,339th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,505 people.
The surname Capitão is most frequently used in Angola, where it is carried by 12,423 people, or 1 in 2,173. Excluding Angola Capitão is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capiton | 86 | 39 | / |
| Capitoa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Capitou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Capitoe | 86 | 0 | / |
| Capitone | 80 | 36 | / |
| Capiotou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Capitong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Capiston | 80 | 1 | / |
| Capita | 77 | 26,194 | / |
| Capitu | 77 | 30 | / |
| Capitó | 77 | 4 | / |
| Capitá | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capità | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capitú | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capitan | 71 | 8,676 | / |
| Capitta | 71 | 353 | / |
| Capista | 71 | 286 | / |
| Capitas | 71 | 136 | / |
| Caspita | 71 | 96 | / |
| Kapiton | 71 | 88 | / |
| Capitán | 71 | 88 | / |
| Capitaz | 71 | 50 | / |
| Kapitoy | 71 | 19 | / |
| Capitus | 71 | 10 | / |
| Capitonova | 71 | 8 | / |
| Capitanova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Capuita | 71 | 4 | / |
| Capeton | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capitàn | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capieta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capetoe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Capitain | 67 | 549 | / |
| Cappitta | 67 | 182 | / |
| Capitant | 67 | 135 | / |
| Capitein | 67 | 75 | / |
| Capiteyn | 67 | 37 | / |
| Capitane | 67 | 33 | / |
| Capistan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kapiotou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Capitaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapitayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capeston | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capaitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapaiton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cappeton | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Capitão
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